Iran is not seeking a ceasefire, Tehran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf insisted in a Tuesday post on X/Twitter.
"We believe we must strike the aggressor [Israel and US] in the mouth so that it learns a lesson and never again even thinks of aggressing against our dear Iran," he wrote.
"The Zionist regime sees its ignoble existence in perpetuating the cycle of 'war-negotiation-ceasefire, and then war again' in order to consolidate its domination," he accused.
"We will break this cycle," he concluded.
In response, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana wrote on X in Farsi that "the only thing proposed to you was unconditional surrender," implying that a ceasefire was never an option.
Ghalibaf: If Israel, US initiate a war on Iran's infrastructure, Tehran will target their infrastructure
In a later X post on Tuesday, Ghalibaf stated that the "enemy" should know that whatever they do, Iran will "undoubtedly respond with a proportionate and immediate retaliation."
"No malice will go unanswered, and today we decree the rule of 'an eye for an eye,' without exception. If they initiate war on infrastructure, we will undoubtedly target their infrastructure," he threatened.